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Government Contracts - November, 2017

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• House Passes Bill To OK Minnesota Wilderness Mining
• Investors Urge 4th Circ. Redo In PowerSecure Stock Drop Suit
• GAO Again Suspends Frequent Filer From Bid Protests
• Fla. Court Revives Hospitals' Medicaid Rate Challenges
• 4 Charged Over Allegedly Exploiting DOD Small Biz Deals
• Ex-Akin Gump Atty Pleads Guilty In DOJ Suit-Selling Case
• The Billing Evolution: How Far Along Is Your Firm?
• K&L Gates Adds Ex-Prosecutor, Health Care FCA Pro
• Regulators, Whistleblowers And The Paradise Papers
• 10 Tips For Effective Practice Before The 5th Circ.
• NY Court Pauses Guinea Mining Suit Against Soros
• 7th Circ. Clears Prison Medical Contractor In Inmate's Suit
• 5 Takeaways From The 'New' FCPA Corporate Charging Policy
• Pharma Marketers Can't Escape Tricare Kickback Suit
• HHS Pick Bashes ACA, Sweats Drug Prices On Capitol Hill
• Testimony Limited In Lance Armstrong Doping FCA Suit
• Raytheon Protests After Air Force Radar Deal Rejection
• Pharmacies Abused Federal Workers' Comp, FCA Suit Says
• Feds Seek 30 Years For Fla. Eye Doc's $32M Medicare Fraud
• A Practitioner's Guide To Federal Officer Removal
• Agency Urges Pa. Justices To Reduce Whistleblower Award
• Judging A Book: Saris Reviews 'Locking Up Our Own'
• Gov't Must Face Valero's WWII Waste Cleanup Suit In Mich.
• Feds Say Ex-NYU Scientist Entertained Dancer On Gov't Dime
• VA Neglecting Payout Reimbursement Requirement, OIG Says
• Funding Talks Fizzle After Trump Tweets 'Don't See A Deal'
• Warren Asks Trump's HHS Pick About ACA, Drug Prices
• Body Armor Supply Co. Blasts Feds' Expert Bid In FCA Suit
• Clinic, Docs To Pay $1.2M To End Stress-Test FCA Row
• Ex-Cuomo Aide Says Feds Sat On Useful Info In Graft Case
• OIG Revokes Patient Charity's Kickback Liability Protection
• Pretrial Detention Upheld For Ex-Contractor Accused Of Leak
• Concerns About Frivolous GAO Protests Likely Overblown
• FCC Reform Would Threaten Lifeline Program, Clyburn Warns
• Ex-WellCare GC Gets 6 Months For Medicaid Fraud Scheme
• Dutch High Court Won't Enforce $153M Award Nixed In Russia
• Louis Berger Wins $860M Power Supply Contract In Caribbean
• Justices Asked To Hear Tribal Land Condemnation Case
• Venezuela, Crystallex Deal OK'd In $1.2B Mine Row
• Consultant's Atty Resists Feds' DQ Bid In Pay-To-Play Case
• NH Hospitals Fight To Keep CMS Suit Win At 1st Circ.
• Contractor Prevails In Iraq Armored Fleet Row With Army
• GAO Says DHS Uniforms Mostly Foreign-Made, Despite Policy
• Ex-Virginia Tech Professor Charged In Alleged Grant Fraud
• Nonprofit Backs Office Depot In False Claims Coverage Row
• Gov't Watchdog Criticizes OMB's Oversight Of IT Investments
• Waiver On L3 Background Check Form Violates FCRA: Suit
• Amerisource Cuts $625M FCA Deal Over Repacked Drugs
• Fla. Woman Gets 6.5 Years, Owes $45M For Medicare Fraud
• FCA Enforcement Under Sessions DOJ Offers More Of The Same
• DC Circ. Rebuffs Bid To Block New Detroit-Canada Bridge
• Fla. Hospital Faces FCA Suit Over Alleged Referral Scheme
• Whistleblower Attys Fight Sanctions In Hastert Case
• Sanofi Wins Fees After Ditching 'Clearly Frivolous' FCA Suit
• DOJ Cleared To Split Up $350M Shire Deal For Whistleblowers
• Big Purchases Bust Budget In $650B Senate Defense Bill
• Researcher Can't Revive FCA Counterclaims Against Feds
• Watchdog Sees Nothing Shady In $2M Afghan Warehouse Deal
• Tanzania Claims Immunity In Engineering Co.'s $41M Suit
• CRS Looks At Pros, Cons Of 'Adversary' Contractors At DOD
• Navy Ignored Worker Attrition In $490M Contract, GAO Says
• A Look At Argentina's New Anti-Corruption Law
• Chicago Hit With Antitrust Action Over Lighting Project
• State Dept. OKs $10.5B Patriot Missile Sale To Poland
• DOD Slow To Target Rising Rx Costs, Fraud Risks: Watchdog
• OIG Finds Coast Guard IT Investments Lack Oversight
• Don't Waste This Planning Cycle: Year-End Strategies
• GSA Awards 61 Companies Slots On $50B Alliant IT Contract
• Contractor Urges Toss Of Nuclear Waste Cleanup FCA Suit
• Raytheon Must Produce Some Docs In Trade Secrets Row
• 9th Circ. Urged To Trim Subcontractor's $1.1M Award Appeal
• Duke Awarded $68M In Spent Nuclear Fuel Suit Against DOE
• DynCorp Loses Protest Of $10B Counternarcotics Contract
• DOJ Denies Claims Of Change To FCA Dismissal Policy
• Exonerated Doc Isn't Innocent In $200M Medicare Con: Feds
• House Dems Want Trump To Reverse DOD Afghan Secrecy Policy
• GAO Backs Corps' Denial Of Flood Wall Bid, Citing Conflict
• From Snaps To Tweets: The Craft Of Social Media Discovery
• Feds Broker $1.25M Nursing Home Substandard-Care Deal
• Children's Health Org Backs Hospitals In 1st Circ. CMS Row
• Senate Sends $700B Defense Bill To Trump's Desk
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive FCA Suit Against CVS Caremark
• Va. Transpo Officials, Contractors Cop To $10M Bribery Plot
• EPA Still Blowing Money On Risky Contracts, Watchdog Says
• Split FCC Votes To Limit Lifeline Subsidy Uses
• Arnold & Porter Sues Congo Airline Client For $1M Fee
• Contractor In $77M Forfeiture Wants Sanctions For Ex-Attys
• Prosecutors Slam Pa. Mayor's Bid To Toss Graft Indictment
• An Interview With Former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson
• Chesapeake Bay Paper Sues EPA For Details After Grant Cut
• Altegrity Floats $4M Okla. Tax Commission Deal In Ch. 11
• Baker Donelson Review Flags More Past Conduct At Hospital
• Loss In Defense Contract Suit Wasn't Firm's Fault: NJ Court
• Consultant's Atty Can't Leave Pay-To-Play Case Over No Pay
• Nuke Lab Officer Charged With $2.3M Contract Fraud
• Treasury Issues Tax Check Procedure For IRS Contractors
• Nooksack Can't Get Second Look At Toss Of Funding Suit
• Brooklyn Doc, Execs Plead Guilty To $30M Medicare Fraud
• 4th Circ. Rips 'Inference Upon Inference' In Stock-Drop Case
• State Dept. OKs $170M Norway Air-To-Air Missile Deal
• Eni Unit, Nigerian Oil Co. Pause Row Over $500M Award
• PharMerica Kickbacks Not Public Knowledge, 3rd Circ. Told
• Judging A Book: Gilstrap Reviews 'Alexander Hamilton'
• Puerto Rico Gov. Touts Sovereignty In $95B Aid Request
• Astellas Seeks Coverage Of DOJ Suit Over Alleged Fraud
• US House Passes Compromise $700B Defense Bill
• DOJ Fights Whistleblower 'Windfall' In $280M FCA Deal
• 5th Circ. Won't Rethink Undoing Of $663M Guardrail Ruling
• Progressive To Settle Medicare FCA Suit For $2M
• Phyllis Schlafly's Trust Fund Sues USPS Over Donation Mail
• Sikorsky Complains Over DOD Document Release In FOIA Suit
• AAI, Boeing Each Ask For Wins In $1.2B Contract Suit
• The Case For Creating A Mediation Department At Your Firm
• Post-Escobar Guardrails And Policy-Setting Relators
• Investor Sues Booz Allen Over DOJ Billing Investigation
• JPMorgan, FCA Whistleblower Get Testy Welcome At DC Circ.
• Troutman Sanders Attys DQ'd From HealthSouth FCA Suit
• Senate Approves Lyft GM For Senior DOT Role
• Health Alliance Sues For $21M In ACA Risk Corridor Claims
• Claims Trimmed In Boeing FCA Retaliation Suit
• House Passes Bill Expanding Agency Acquisition Options
• 3 Fast Facts About Trump's Pick For HHS Chief
• High Court Won't Hear Health Care Workers' Bargaining Suit
• Pa. Atty Says Joint Trial With Allentown Pol Invites Prejudice
• Truth Sinks Amateur Radio Boss' Libel Suit, 3rd Circ. Says
• Navy Idea To Return Old Ships To Duty Too Costly, Memo Says
• Being There: Defending Depositions
• Trump Taps Vet Of BigLaw, Big Pharma As Next HHS Chief
• 3 Recent Bid Protest Decisions You Should Know About
• Ex-CEO Seeks Ch. 11 Legal Fee OK To Fight Altegrity Suit
• Texas Clinic Owners Accused Of $9.1M Injured Worker Fraud
• No Easy Fix For Contractors In Federal-State Pot Law Clash
• Fla. Compounding Pharmacy Ducks Whistleblower's FCA Suit
• VA Parking Lot Contractor Accused Of $11M Fraud, Bribery
• DOJ Dropping ManorCare FCA Case After Witness Discredited
• Exxon, Shell Want Nigerian Oil Co. Docs In $1.8B Award Row
• Alaska, W.Va. Ink Energy Development Deals With China
• The Legal Fallout For Harvey Weinstein's Hired Hands
• Amazon HQ2 Competition Spurs Scrutiny Of Tax Incentives
• Indian Health Service Must Weigh Tribe's Claims, Judge Says
• 9th Circ. Tells Glassdoor To Give User IDs To VA Vendor Probe
• Contentious Acquisition Changes Stay In Final Defense Bill
• Fort Collins, Colo., Voters Approve Municipal Broadband
• Contractor Sues Port Of Houston Over Axed $6M Repair Bid
• Texas Can't Call Dibs On Air Force Food Service Contract
• Controversial NASA Nominee Clears Senate Panel
• Jury Persuasion In An 'Alt-Fact' World
• Afghan Subcontractor Asks 9th Circ. To Revive $1.1M Award
• Crowell & Moring Adds Ex-Wiley Rein Gov't Contracts Atty
• DOJ Says Sanctions Inappropriate In Nursing Home FCA Row
• Preparing For An Increase In I-9 Worksite Enforcement
• Rolls-Royce Bribe Schemers Hit With FCPA Charges
• Booz Allen Discloses SEC Probe Amid DOJ Billing Inquiry
• Informant Says Gov't Breached Contract To Secure Him Award
• Nossaman Adds Ex-K&L Gates Public Pension Partner
• Pair Of FCA Suits Against Lockheed Martin Units Consolidated
• Army Contracting Official Gets 1.5 Years For Bribery Scheme
• Italy Fines Big Four Accounting Firms €23M For Collusion
• Trump Dials Down Heated Rhetoric Toward North Korea
• Calif. Medicaid Transpo Biz Accuses Group Of Monopoly
• Applying The Investors' Playbook To Legal Career Planning
• Fla. Prosecutor Fights DQ Bid In $1B Health Care Fraud Case
• Whistleblower Objects To 21st Century Ch. 11 Plan
• Pharmacy Owner Pleads Guilty In $100M Fraud Scheme
• Trump Wants $6B More For 'Urgent' Defense Needs
• Feds Fight Kimberly-Clark's Bid To Have FCA Suit Tossed
• Claims Court Won't Nix Wrongly Awarded $103M NASA Deal
• The Law Firms Spinning The White House Turnstile
• Has Trump Been Good For BigLaw?
• What Trump's War On Regulations Means For Lawyers
• Who's Repping Whom? Law360's Guide To The Mueller Probe
• Kimberly-Clark Says 'Bald Assertions' Can't Sustain FCA Suit
• Tribe Seeks Quick Win In HHS Health Program Funding Suit
• ManorCare Wants Sanctions Against DOJ Attys In FCA Suit
• Heckler & Koch Denied Another Bid To Pause $27M Army Suit
• How IT And Procurement Pros Can Inform Law Firm Budgeting
• Siemens Must Face Suit Over Accident Tied To Traffic Light
• Humana Sues For $611M In ACA Risk Corridor Payments
• Fed. Circ. Revives Tricare Outpatient Underpayment Dispute
• Bomb Maker Can Keep Legal Advice Secret In Saudi Deal
• House OKs CHIP Extension Funded By Tighter ACA Rules
• 4th Circ. Pauses Black Worker's Suit Over Noose, KKK Hood
• Court Case Doesn't Bar Patent Challenge At PTAB, Board Says
• Suspension And Debarment: FY 2017 By The Numbers
• Getting Real About Artificial Intelligence At Law Firms
• Ex-JFK Terminal Director To Pay NY $2M Over Contract Bribes
• Epic's Software Double-Bills Gov't For Anesthesia: FCA Suit
• Defense Co. Beats Ex-Employee's Retaliation Suit
• Enron Unit Gets Fees In $21M Nigeria Award Case
• Youth Center Duped Medicaid Out Of Millions, Gov't Says
• Ex-Akin Gump Atty To Plead Guilty In FCA Suit-Selling Case
• Perception Vs. Reality At Trial
• 7th Circ. Upholds 6-Year Sentence For Medicaid Fraud
• Charging Station Co. Exec Gets 2 Years For Defrauding Gov't
• Pa. Mayor Says Feds Misled Grand Jury In Graft Indictment
• House Dems Sue GSA Over Trump Hotel Documents
• AmerisourceBergen Eyes $575M FCA Deal After Criminal Plea
• Barnes & Thornburg Partner Tapped For Indiana Judgeship
• Proportionality, Not Perfection, Is What Matters
• Ky. Sues Law Firm To Recover $4.2M From Oxycontin Deal
• House OKs Slimmed-Down Review Rules For Federal Forests
• Feds Escape $6M Claim For Pipeline Accident
• Calif. AG Suit Over BP Natural Gas Charges Likely Survives
• Lockheed Martin Gets $158.5M Contract From German Navy
• $10M Clawback Suit Against Squire Patton Falters On Appeal
• DOD Did Not Mislead Lawmakers About UK Base, OIG Says
• Gov't Contractor Scores Coverage For Leaky Flood Tunnel
• Mixed Enforcement Signals For FHA Mortgage Lenders
• India Says $74M Award Over Gas Rights Defies US Policy
• Seneca Nation, Feds Strike Deal In Health Care Funding Suits
• Make Way For The 'Unicorns'